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Activity

Published in the last 3 years Teaches graduate courses Has research grants

Role

Professors13 Clinical faculty0 Adjunct, part-time and visiting4 Emeritus6 Research and leadership roles1

Faculty

Department

Materials Science and Engineering Medicine202 Surgery65 Pediatrics50 Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences39

Research area

Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties4 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties4 Microstructure and mechanical properties4 Metallurgy and Material Forming3 Semiconductor materials and devices

Activity

Published in the last 3 years Teaches graduate courses Has research grants

Role

Rehabilitation Science

35

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact34

Family Medicine30

Electrical and Computer Engineering29

Computing and Software29

Mathematics and Statistics28

Physics & Astronomy24

Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences24

Pathology & Molecular Medicine21

3

Advanced battery technologies research2

Bone Tissue Engineering Materials2

Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition2

High-Temperature Coating Behaviors2

Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals2

Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications2

Metal Alloys Wear and Properties2

Clinical faculty

0

Adjunct, part-time and visiting4

Research and leadership roles1

Faculty

Department

Materials Science and Engineering Medicine202 Surgery65 Pediatrics50 Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences39 Rehabilitation Science35 Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact34 Family Medicine30 Electrical and Computer Engineering29 Computing and Software29 Mathematics and Statistics28 Oncology28 Physics & Astronomy24 Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences24 Biology22 Pathology & Molecular Medicine21

Research area

Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties4 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties4 Microstructure and mechanical properties4 Metallurgy and Material Forming3 Semiconductor materials and devices3 Advanced battery technologies research2 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials2 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition2 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors2 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals2 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications2 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties2

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Igor Zhitomirsky

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectrophoretic Deposition in Materials ScienceConducting polymers and applications

402 publications

(94 in 5 years)

h-index 63

Latest paper 2026

Teaches graduate courses

25 grants

Nabil Bassim

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Semiconductor materials and devicesGraphene research and applicationsAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

405 publications(83 in 5 years)h-index 37Latest paper 2027 Teaches graduate courses 17 grants

Kathryn Grandfield

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsCalcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes

155 publications(58 in 5 years)h-index 33Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 25 grants

Hatem Zurob

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMetallurgy and Material FormingMetal Alloys Wear and Properties

215 publications(40 in 5 years)h-index 39Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 41 grants

Andre Phillion

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Aluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics

159 publications(38 in 5 years)h-index 35Latest paper 2026 20 grants

Oleg Rubel

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesAdvanced battery technologies researchPerovskite Materials and Applications

178 publications(37 in 5 years)h-index 30Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 6 grants

Joseph Mcdermid

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMetal Alloys Wear and Properties

203 publications(32 in 5 years)h-index 30Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 31 grants

Joseph Kish

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMagnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsAluminum Alloys Composites Properties

173 publications(24 in 5 years)h-index 19Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 32 grants

Kyla Sask

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques

39 publications(21 in 5 years)h-index 12Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 5 grants

Nana Ofori-opoku

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Solidification and crystal growth phenomenaAluminum Alloy Microstructure Propertiesnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

61 publications(20 in 5 years)h-index 16Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 4 grants

Marek Niewczas

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Microstructure and mechanical propertiesAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMagnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications

127 publications(17 in 5 years)h-index 33Latest paper 2026 24 grants

Ishwar Puri

Associate Member, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Combustion and flame dynamicsAdvanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

326 publications(15 in 5 years)h-index 50Latest paper 2026 20 grants

Adrian Howard Kitai

Professor, Engineering Physics

Faculty of Engineering

Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsSemiconductor materials and devicesZnO doping and properties

141 publications(12 in 5 years)h-index 20Latest paper 2025 Teaches graduate courses 32 grants

Mukesh Jain

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Metal Forming Simulation TechniquesMetallurgy and Material FormingAluminum Alloys Composites Properties

160 publications(12 in 5 years)h-index 34Latest paper 2024 Teaches graduate courses 19 grants